5. The Smoke Screen: What Conflicting Information Reveals During Tuesday, Flavio's allies and sources connected to the United States government told the press that he was already on his way to North American territory or had arrived in Florida. Argentine immigration records released later indicated he was still in Brazil by that evening. CNN Brasil noted that misinformation about his whereabouts had been circulated while federal police were trying to track him down. The sequence raises questions about allied communications, but does not prove, by itself, that all the information was part of a deliberate disinformation program.

5. The Smoke Screen: What Conflicting Information Reveals During Tuesday, Flavio's allies and sources connected to the United States government told the press that he was already on his way to North American territory or had arrived in Florida. Argentine immigration records released later indicated he was still in Brazil by that evening. CNN Brasil noted that misinformation about his whereabouts had been circulated while federal police were trying to track him down. The sequence raises questions about allied communications, but does not prove, by itself, that all the information was part of a deliberate disinformation program.